What is a Patent? Part 2
In order to be patentable an invention must be:
- novel, the invention must not be already known to the public before the date a patent is applied for;
- inventive, the invention must not be an obvious modification of what is already known; and
- capable of industrial application, that is, the invention can be made or used in any kind of industry.
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